Research projects

An analysis of trends over a twenty-year preiod in the attitudes and experiences of first year students in Australian universities. Based on the national survey of first year students undertaken by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at five-yearly intervals since 1994.

Student retention and learning analytics: a snapshot of current Australian practices and a framework for advancement

Gregor Kennedy
Led by Shane Dawson.
Office for Learning and Teaching Commissioned project

Developing a national framework for supporting rigorous equity program evaluation.

Ryan Naylor
NCSEHE

Process and attitudinal factors affecting program evaluation in student equity.

Ryan Naylor
University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant

2013

University student finances in 2012:
A study of the financial circumstances of domestic and international students in Australia’s universities. Canberra: Universities Australia.
Emmaline Bexley, Suzanne Daroesman, Richard James and Sophie Arkoudis.
2013

Improving selection for tertiary places in Victoria
Richard James, Emmaline Bexley and Madeline Shearer
Funded by the Department of
Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victorian Government

Social capital in theory and practice
Emmaline Bexley, Simon Marginson and Leesa Wheelahan (LHMartin Institute)Funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Grant and was funded in part by the Office of Higher Education of the Department of Education and Training, Victorian Government

Higher Education and Globalisation
Preparation of an issues paper for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Simon Marginson & Marijk van der Wende (Free University of Amsterdam & University of Twente, Netherlands)